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WHOSE GENEROUS DISPOSITION TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES,

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THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID,

BY HIS GRACIOUS PERMISSION,

WITH A DUE SENSE OF SO GREAT AN HONOR,

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BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS’S.

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MOST DUTIFUL, AND MOST DEVOTED SERVANT,

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